# Fox & Friends, Fox News: Osama to Usama. Back to Osama

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fox-friends-fox-news-osama-to-usama-back-to-osama/98645>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [March 16, 2002, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fox-friends-fox-news-osama-to-usama-back-to-osama/98645 "2002-03-16T18:38:56Z")\
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**Author:** ![Quasimodem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\
**Post date:** [March 16, 2002, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fox-friends-fox-news-osama-to-usama-back-to-osama/98645/1 "2002-03-16T18:38:56Z")

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Anybody notice this besides me? At one point they even made a big deal that some General was using their **U** sama pronounciation, but now they’re drifting back into **O** sama.

What the hell? Making the story “their own” by intentionally mispronouncing the name???

Quasi

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**Author:** ![Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapioca_Dextrin)\
**Post date:** [March 17, 2002, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fox-friends-fox-news-osama-to-usama-back-to-osama/98645/2 "2002-03-17T00:01:54Z")

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If it bugs you, why not just watch something else?🙂

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**Author:** ![Quasimodem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\
**Post date:** [March 17, 2002, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fox-friends-fox-news-osama-to-usama-back-to-osama/98645/3 "2002-03-17T03:36:28Z")

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😃 I shoulda put that in as a disclaimer. 🙂

Fact is, it doesn’t **bug** me, I was just asking if anyone else had noticed the subtle change back to the **O**.

Thanks

Q

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**Author:** ![Max\_Torque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Max\_Torque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_Torque)\
**Post date:** [March 17, 2002, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fox-friends-fox-news-osama-to-usama-back-to-osama/98645/4 "2002-03-17T04:52:24Z")

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This whole “how do you spell Osama bin Laden’s name” thing reminds me of something…[wish I could remember what](http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a2_264b.html).